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Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the austral summer coincides with the Christmas season.
Christmas trees are also vulnerable to fungal pathogens and their resultant illnesses such as root rot, and, in the U.S. state of California, sudden oak death. Douglas-fir trees in particular are vulnerable to infections from plant pathogens such as R. pseudotsugae. Larger pests also pose a threat to Christmas tree plantations and harvests.
Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. [4]
Cerbera odollam is known by a number of vernacular names, depending on the region. These include othalam (ഒതളം) in the Malayalam language used in Kerala, India; kattu arali (காட்டரளி) in the adjacent state of Tamil Nadu; dabur (ডাবুর) in Bengali; famentana, kisopo, samanta or tangena in Madagascar; and pong-pong, buta-buta, bintaro or nyan in Southeast Asia.
Christmas tree is applied to a number of plants: fir, spruce, pine, balsam or other evergreen trees decorated for Christmas; Pinus pinea or the Italian Stone Pine, is another plant commonly sold in stores as a potted live plant. [9] Christmas rose can be any of the following: Helleborus ssp., especially Helleborus niger
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s.
Fraser fir has been used more times as the White House Christmas tree than any other tree. The Christmas decoration trade is a multimillion-dollar business in the southern Appalachians. North Carolina produces the majority of Fraser fir Christmas trees. [17] It requires from seven to ten years in the field to produce a 6–7-foot-tall (1.8–2. ...
The fruits are eaten by many birds and a few mammals, making the tree ecologically important. [23] There are many insects associated with the wild service tree. The goat moth, a moth with the second largest larvae in the UK, deposits its eggs on the bark of the wild service tree. After hatching, the larvae burrow into the tree, feeding on the ...